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The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1887-03-18
THE HOUSEKEEPER.

MUsH OR HAsTY PUDDINa.-Stir into
half pin. Of cold water, enough sifted
Indian meal to make n thick batter. Hay-
ing on the fire pot containing three or
four quarts of water, when it boils, pour in
the batter, stirring it fast ; let it boil few
minutes, then add sifted meal by the hand
ful, till it is quite thick. Keep it boiling
slowly, and stir it frequently; the more it
is stirred, and the longer it is boiled, the
better the mush. To be wholesome, it
must be boiled at least two hours. This is
q good receipt.
CUsTARD WITHOUT EGGs.-One quart
of new milk, four tablc-spoonfus of flour,
and two of sugar. Season with nut
meg or cinnamon add salt to your liking.
The milk should be placed over quick
fire, and when at boiling point, the -four
should be added, being previously stirred
up in cold milk AS soon as thoroughly
scalded, add the sugar, spices, and salt:
This is an excellent dish, aud deservedly
rrized by every one who has tried it.
BAKED HAMs.-Most persons boil hams.
They are much better baked, if baked
right. Soak for an hour in clean water,
and wipe dry, and then spread it all over
with thin batter, and lay it ia deep dish
with sticks under to keep it out of the
gravy. When fully done, take off the skin
and batter crusted upon the flesh side and
set it away to cool. You will find it very
delicious, but too rich for dispeptics.
To MAKE BREAD CHEEsE-oAKE:-Slice
loaf as thin as possible, pour on it a pint
Of boiling cream, let it stand two hours
then take eight eggs, half pound of but
ter and a nutmeg grated, beat them well
together, put in half a pound Of currants
well washed, and dried before the fire, and
bake them in raised crust, or patty pans.
FRIED MUsH.-Mush to be fried, should
be boiled an hour longer, have half pint
Of wheat -four stirred into it about half an
hour before it is done. Take it out Of the
pot, put it in an earthen dish, and let it
stand until perfectly cold, then cut it in
slices half an zach thick, and fry them
brown.
To MAKE SPONGE CAKE.-Mix dry and
rub together one tea-spoonful of Cream
Tartar, with tea-cupful of -four, tea
eupiul Of sugar and three eggs, (without
boating) Dissolve half tea-spoonful Of
sal@ratus in small quantity of milk mix
the whole together, and bake Immediately
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1887-03-18

A SPARTAN's SoLILoaUy.--When il comes to
fun 10 folid chunks, II can be obtained by
moving front gates and carrying them some
distance from the places they belong: Saturday
night some Of the boys, fearing neither police
nor shot gun, carried away quite o number on
Main street. This is comparatively harmless
fun. 1t is better to be moving gates than stag
gering along the streets drunk and kicking up
o fuss on general principles. There Is more
hope for gate mover than for the young man
that lies, or steals, or CANDLES all night and
sleeps oil day. Then 10 do this work on Satur-
day night is calculated to make the ownors of
said gates little meditstive aad humble on
Sunday. They can consider how uncertain
aud evanesceut even the front gate Is. In this
whole business the young ladies are the only
ones that deserve sympathy. They have moth
ing la the %orld-to hang on 20 when the front
gate is taken away.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1887-03-18

BABY WEIouIyo ONLY SIXTEEN OUNCES =
Utica, Clark county. few miles south of Lex
ington, Ind, numbers among its inhabitants
probably the smallest baby In the world. II
was born on Friday TO the wife Of Raymond
Ferguson, farmer. aud It weighs just sixteen
ounces. Itis well formed and in very good
health. The arms Of the littlo stranger are
just three inches long, while Its legs measure
four inches. DR.. Williams, the attending
physician. says it will survive IL nothing un-
foresecn happens. Tho mother and father Of
the midget each weigh over one hundred and
MY pounds and are in the best Of health.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1887-03-18

a Pennsylvania Cry IN DAHGER.-The citi-
zens Of the second Ward, Pittsburg, Penn, are
mysifed over the strange condition Of the
ground in their locality, which from some un-
known cause has been o, hot as bakers oven
nearly ten days. Many people have been COM
PEELED to leave their homes, the heet communi-
Gated to the buildings from the GROUND being
unbearable, The celalrs are so warm that even
rolliug-mill hand cannot enter them. Several
holes have been dug in the ground for the pur>
pose Of finding the cause Of the remarkable
heat, but as yet none has been found. 1t is
believed that terrible fire has broken out in
the huge cinder banks beneath the streets, and
that it has eaten its way through the mass of
debris on which the ward is located Exten-
sive excavations are % be made in various parts
Of the ward in the hope that the FIRE may be
found and extinguished
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1887-03-18

Two children of Lou Thomason, coiored
aged five and seven years, were burnt to
death on Tuesday evening in Fairvicw
Township. The mother locked up the
two children in the honse and went visi-
ting. The children it is supposed while
playing near the chimney set the house on
fire and we're unable to escape. The
The charred remains were found in one
corner. No one was near the house when
the fire originated. GreenUiHe Ne,os.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1887-03-18

Why A FARMER Is PooR.-I am poor
because buy more than l sell. In the
first place buy part Of my meat from
the Northwest ; my fish comes from Port
land, for the taking of which the Main
lander receives bounty from the govern
ment. My onion sets and all my garden
seeds buy from Michigan. sold the
wool from eighteen sheep at 373 cents per
pound to an agent of manufacturing COM
pany at Reading, Pa; four months there
after bought hat from this same COM
pany, paying at the rate of Sc per pound
for the wool. The hide of a buck | sold
at 5 cents pound 1t went to Elmira n
Y, was tanned and sent back, and [ bought
it at 35 cents pound and it weighed more
than it did when sold it, My axe handles
come from Connecticut, my matches from
Delaware, my pen, ink and paper from
New York. Am the only fool in Geor-
giaY Wool HAT.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1887-03-18

IHE SIEGE OF THE SURPLUs.-To Gro
yer Cleveland, Commander-iu chief, &c
L have thsiaonor to report that on the 9th
day Of last December the United States
treasury was suddenly invested by large
and powerful force of the enemy formed 10
two divisions. A peremptory demand was
made upon me to surrender in the name of
the American Congress. Although in q
measure defenceless, returned an emphatic
declination. The enemy proceeded to
strengthen his lines, which extended in a
semi-circle, his principal batteries being
established on Capitol Hill, Active hos
tilitie> were delayed for mouth ,y.floash
there was some sullen firing directed against
the redoubt protecting the citadel, known
as the Surplus. the enemy evidently desir-
ing to try the range of his guns.
On January % terribls bombardment
was opened from the battery occupied by
the River and 11arbor brigade against my
himsy earthworks. This was kept up for
several weeks with little or no cessation.
Under cover of this fire desperate assault
was made by the Dependent Pensioners,
which was repulsed by fire from the 100
ton rifle Veto gun, the only piece of or
dinance in working condition among my
defensive resources. .H
The Coast Defence, under Gen. Cam
eron, inflicted serious damage with har-
assius fire, which was ably supported by
Admiral Halo's heavy armored ships and
Camcron's ten steel cruisers. An assault
by the Mexican Veterans was very success
full, portion of the Surplus beiug carried
away before the enemy could be repulsed
Although, as you are aware, I made sew
eral appeals for aid after the wounding of
Gen. Manning which left me in command,
none was forthcoming, and the enemy con-
tinuing to close his lines and to bring his
heavy batteries into closer proximity pre-
pared to surrender. Suddenly, however, at
noon to-day, the enemy unexpectedly raised
the siege and within an hour after his bat
tories ceased to play was in full retreat. I
am at a loss to understand this movement,
but fear that it is a ceiut, though sickness
ard deseTtton have combined Of late to
cripple the enemy's, s,movements very much.
The result Of the siege is that Fort Sur
plus has been very seriously damaged, one
portion being carr. ! WV entirely nv
one gun, known as.the Y . still in good
order, though it narrowly escaped spiking
by the enemy on the 24th ult. am still
prepared to continue the defence, but would
suggest the propriety of an immediate rein
forcement. [ cannot close this repor
without specially mentioning the heroic en-
DURANGO Of the clerks and and other non
combatants connected with this depart
ment, They bore the siege with great
fortitude.-Nep York. World.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1887-03-18

CURE FOR THE PIP.--Undoubtedly about
these days some Of your chickens will have
this common chicken complaint Cure it,
simply BY mixing a tablespoonful of sui.
phur with about three pounds of meal for
a feed every other day, perhaps for fort
night. !
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1887-03-18

"A PosTALCLERKs DANGEROUS RrDs.-Whea
the East-bound passenger train On the Norfolk
and Western Railroad reached Central n few
clerks-B. W. Barney and George II. Southal
left the car to get something to eat leaving a
third man in the car. Presently, however,
the solitary clerk; likswiso afflicted with hunger
also left the car, locking the door after him so
that when the Postal Clerk Southall returned
unlocked the door, as he thought, and just
then tho train moved off with Jerk Mr..
Southall grasped the appliances used TO catch
the mail of small postoffices where the train
makes no stop, and drew himself up into the
car door, but when he attempted 10 enter the
car he found the door secured. The train by
this time was dashing along at lightning speed,
and Southall, finding that nothing remained
for him to do but to hold on to the mail-catcher
until the train reached New River the next
station, or otherwise jump off and run the risk
OF losing his life, accepted the former situation
as preferable and tightened his grip on the
iron rod. The night was rs cold as winter
blizzard could make it and the wind cut like
knife. The mental stress and fear of being
hurled with tremendous violence to the earth
were bad enough, but in addition, to have to
grasp and hold on to o cold iron rod with fin
gers cut and hands bcnumbed, is an experience
that no man need want to test. Southall was
almost crazed before the train reached New
River.-Lynchburg Ne,cs.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1887-03-18

RsNAnKABL. PngsEsrIMsNr:-AIiss Minpie
Atkinson, sister Of young Arthur A. Atkinson,
who died near Jackson last Saturday night, has
been an inmate aud student at Mary Sharp
College, Winchester, Tenn, for two terms past,
and only arrived homo last night upon receiv-
ing telegram of the serious illness Of her
brother. Sho relates most singular oircum-
stance connected with the death of her broth
err, rs follows: a
She was very much devoted to her brother
Arthur, and had his picture with her, which
she showed to her associates in college, and
often spoke of the good qualities Of her brother
One of the young ladies seemed smitten with
the picture, and asked to see it often. On last
Friday this young lady was in company with
Miss Minnie, and asked to see the picture. II
was given her to look at and after gazing at it
inten.ly few minutes she said: afa.
Isn't your brother dead ag1
OF course the suggestion startled Miss Min
ME, but she replied: '.N
'No, he is not dead
The young lady, still gazing at the picture,
said
Minnie, your brother is dead
N"i'S Nhihu'e iuihcuiateiy went 10 tne preSl-
dent and told him what had occurred, and
begged him to let her 60 home ut once. The
President said it was q mere idle fancy of the
young lady, and she ought not to let it trouble
her mind, but to return TO her room and think
no more of it, She returned to her room but
could not shake off the impression made by
the predictions of the young lady, for she had
presentiment that it was true, and that she
would receive telegram confrmingi it On Sun
day morning she went to the President aud
told him that he ought to have let her 20 home
yesterday, for she would receive telegram
to-day announcing her brothers serious illness.
The President hooted at the idea, and again
sent her back to her room. Soon after lea wing
the President on Sunday she received the tele-
gram and at once made preparations for the
tourney home. Taking the South-bound train
the President and physician of the college &C.
companied her portion of the way, when
Miss Minnie was intercepted by O telegram
from Winchester, Tenn, stating that the young
lady who had foretold the death of Mr.. Arthur
Atkinson, in Jackson, was dead The Presi-
dent and physician returned to Winchester.
and Miss Minnie came on to Jackson to find
her adored brother n corpse. Taking the cir
oumstances all together they form a mysterious
and remarkable combination Of fac,s.-.Jack
son, Ga, Ne,cs.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1887-03-18

sHs MADE THE Mosr or .--wife--'Got q
dollarr Husband--'where's that last dollar
gave your Gone. Il thought told you
TO make IL 60 as far as you could Il did
Doesn't look like It, Well, l did, sent 1t to
the Fiji Island heather.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1887-03-18

II is only when the minister has tied the
knot that matrimonial engagement may be
considered match safe.-LotceH Courier.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1887-03-18

LOVED AND DIED TOGETHER. -Monson, March
9.-This village has been to-day the scene of o
sad and unusual occurnnce-the funeral of
husband and wife. They we're foreign mission
aries of the American Board. who came from
India for vacation few months since They
were in tho prime Of life and both died sudden
ly. Rev. William I. Howland was born in
w. W. Rowland, who is still a missionary
there. lie came to this country when q lad, ,
fitted for College at Monson Academy, gradua-
ted at Amherst in 1870 and at Andover
Theological Seminary in 1873. lie married
Mary L. Carpenter Of this town that same
year, and they sailed together for India, being
assigned to Maduria Mission. She had gradua-
ted at this Academy AMI at Ho'yoke Seminary
in 1870, being the same age as her husband
For nearly fourteen years they labored to-
gether building churches and gathering In con-
verts, and returned here last Summer for n
season Of rest, bringing with them their three
childrcn. At the opening of Winter they
moved to Auburndale, aud there Mrs. II owland
caught cold while caring for sick child in a
poorly heated room, aud died of pneumonia on
Saturday evening. Her husband returning
from Montreal Thursday, was stricken with a
fever; which he is supposed to have brought
with him, on the following day, and lived but
forty-two hours longer than his wife. re
Two OF the children are now very sick with
the fever. ~ l@ Ar2 't
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1887-03-18

Congress adjourned frilsy last at twelve,
noon.. The session ha, been q useful one
Much Of the tine hos been wastel by the pol
iticians Of both houses working for advantage
70 party. Those who lay the wires are much
more interested in the sleotiens Of 1888, than
In "monkeying with the tariff" Tho aggre-
gate appropriation bills amount to about two.
hundred and ffty millions,
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1887-03-18

Cotton SEED Or PRoDUCTs.-Since Italy
undertook to preserve the reputation Of its
olive oil by checking the importation of cotton
seed juice from this country, the uses Of cotton
seed oil have not been clearly defined. But
the quantity Of this oil manufactured has in
creased, and not long ago nearly oil of the
cotton oil factories were combined in an organ
ization having about S40,000,O0o capital
What becomes of the product2 Ex-President
Vail, of the Produce Exchange, declared on
Wednesday, at a meeting Of persons engaged
in the cheese trade, that in the West large
quantities Of it are used in making cheese,
aud that this cheese is exported as O
genuine product Of the dairy. 1t was shown
that the exports Of American cheese had
fallen from Sl4,000.0OO in 1881 to S6,5OO,-
600 in 1886, aud this decline was said to have
been caused by aduteration. Further inquiry
would doubtless disclose the fact that cotton
seed oil is largely used in the manufacture of
lard. A complete statement Of the uses of q
product for whose manufacture q capital Of
$40,OOO,OO0 is required would probably sur
prise great many psrsons.-Hsw York Times.
The total sum called for by the various
bills passed by the congress is $3.50 200, :
600. 1T tho river aud harbor and def
cheney bills had passed the sum would have
reached 1854, ,000, 900.
ANOTHER KIND OF BUST. - Mother
Johnnie, brush the dust of your boots.
Johnnie--Is that the kind of dust papa
was talking to goyerness abuut
Mother--What did he say2 (
Johunie--He said 'Dost thou love me,
AgnesP ,s 80.
Mother--No, it was not, Johnnie but
Agnes wall dust out of here to.morrow
morning. Globe.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-11-03
JEFF DAVIS uNALTu.
a Report tha, Ic IS Dangerously Ill Is Cor
trallcteh,

| Repuri tha. Ho IS Dangerously Ill Is Con,
.ralictcH.
New YoRk, Nov. 2.-Tho herald pub
lishes the following special from Macon
Ga: Thero ere grave doubts es to whether
Mr. Je!Iersoa Davis viii! ratrrn to bis iso,
lated home at Eeeuvoir, Mis-, aliye.
Hia condition, to cay lie lcas., Is OK.
!re,nely procasicus. For several, yeara
troubled With g serious affection OF tho
heart, the excitomeut Of lsat week served
only to aggravate bis ailment.
Sipce last Saturday ha hgs been contin.
cd u hia bad, and phyaiCian has heen
IL daily attendance. Ills vito has been
es his bedaiGe continually and every ct.
tention has been accorded 10 the eu!iefer.
Ths would which he received in tbs
ait x;can wa. is troubling him coasidera.
bly, and he is eGascely able to talk. He is
iu . very onfeebled condition, and his
family Evo fearful tha. he will not recover
from the exhaustion.
Mr.. Davis has spossn bnt lit.ls since
Saturday and hes taken but little nou,.
!ahmeat. Dr.. Mediation, the attending
phyaiclan, expresses great fears of his in.
ability to leave tao city on Thursday, "a
wgu arranged before bic visit. 1t is I'M
derstood that HE daughtoru, who ore the
euestg Of tho city CT Macon, have been
summoned to their fathers side, The
end Is e2pscted At any moment.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-11-03
" Will HANG.
THE ANARCHISTS PETITION
FOR A WRIT OF ERROR
Denied by the United States Su.
premo Court,
And Unless the Governor Of ILL.
nois Interieres
The Seven Men viii Die on the
llth inst.
A Feeling Of Relief that the High.
-5s est Authority
Has Declared since Anarchy Shall
Not Reign IN
vs. T.. .g.
Or that Murderers Shall Not Go
Unpunished. :
How the News was Received at
Chicago.
A Feeling Of Relief that the High.
est Authority
Has Declared since Anarchy Shall
Not Reign til,
Or that Murderers Shall Not Go
Unpunished.
How the News was Received at
Chicago.

WARRINGTON, Nov. 1.-The Anarchists
must suffer the death penalty. The crowd
that filled the United Stateu Supreme
Court room to-day were not disappointed
The anxiously awaited decision was an
nounced, Promptly at noon the Court
met, and Chief Justice Waite Immediately
proceeded 10 read the decision OF the
Court in tho famous case. Unlike the
justices Of tho Illinois Supreme Court, he
betrayed no agitation as he read the des.h
warrant Of the condemned men, the read.
ins Of which occupied over hall an hour,
When ho reached the point in which the
constitutionaiity OF tho Illinois jury law Is
sustained. the result was at once anscipa.
ted, and all who we're in the slightest con-
csrusd in the case knew that 1t had gone
against the Anarchists.
In conclusion tho Chief Justice an.
nouacsd the! the Supreme Court denied
tho writ Of s1ror in the case OF all The
prisoners. The opinion Is an elaborate
one, and is about thirty.Gve hundred
words in length There wcu no dissenting
opinion.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-11-03
CANADIAN PROTESTS
against Chnnberlnin's Aprointment-l
EBtweon Epcluud and rrarIc. i. prrdI.h,

Against Chnmberlnin's Appoiotmen.-TYAr
Estwecn Enslnud and America Predicted,
TORONTO, Nov. a.-Ths Globe again re-
tess to Mr.. Chsmborlain's appointment
this morning and in strongly wordsd cd.
itorial article ssys: "Ls! Bsltiah iov.ns;s
rub their eyes again and vals up 10 the
necessities oi tho situation. Mr.. Cham
berlAln must be recalled. Thsra ia no
ought or should in the case. The imoer.
ative ls required and Canaa;sna arc en-
titled to employ It, Ha nuat be recalled,
llss the British understand that their own
intoresss are largely staked on the reault
oil the Impending negotiations.
Do Britons know that the United Stc.n5
Congresa has already paced an go. to cut
oil every sort OF commercial exchange
with Csnada2 Dc they know that Coz.
Csesa las urged the administration TO On.
'oscs that act? Ara they aware that a
very la-ge proportion Of tho Aueriosn
Journals cesse!ess)y vitapssate tho presi-
dent because lie has not rosorted to retail
atonsf Do they comprehend that he can
have no options hu. to employ the act #
the negotiations fail, or II the ayrea.
nlent 10 disslloTed in tho Sens,e /?
II he does employ It what then? We do
not act IS alarmists in declaring ;nst a
war which Great Britain has long feared
more thsn any other possible wsr will
nrohshly OCCUR. TO avoid the dangess and
disgrace thst threaten, there Is bus ono
way. Mr.. Chamberlain is tho sole cause
that the outlook is dark. Beiors his ap.
| po!u!men! it Has brish! enough. 1t ws7
bright until he wautoniy embarrassed the
situation. II is gloomy because he has
rendered The bes. method OF settlement
difficult to propose or discuss and becsuae
DO has made himself hateful on this con .
tinent.
"Without distinction Of origin Aperi.
CAPS resent his iusole1a attack upon those
fellow citissDg whose loyal,y rang true by
the moet terrible OF tes;s when hundreds
Of sons OF Irish mothe.u isced death iu
battle for the Republic. Il is ree!ess TO
found smooth prophec;ca on the hone
thst Mr.. Chambsrlain can escape the con.
sequences Of the hostility that he has
aroused. II thhy do not recall him they
take tho responsibility for him. II they do
no: recall him it csn only be because they
arc full Of sympathy for him. His own
inoolenee has brought him into trouble
anu he a!cae chonli be tho VICTIM"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-11-03

LONDON, Nov. Tho Daily Me,rs, com.
nentsns on the arbitration memorial, says
TINT President Cloveland's reply to the
British delegation, without ahsolutelv
committing his Government to The es,ab.
llshment OF a psyalanunt tribunal. nhowa
eSoFy disposition to entertain tina schrme
I'M Standard says; "Tho reply O; Ptea;.
dent Cleveland 10 laconic and psrhans a
u'no o'acHiar, put we gather from the
ssu'ion exhibited that he doeu no. 500 his
why 10 Inc immodiSte maturing Of such
,feH!y: ING deeputstion itself can scarcely
nave h!ea 10 discern that the Presidents
language contained q covert rebuko 10
their too sansnlns hopes"